JL;DR SUMMARY This week's episode covers three main topics: the antisemitic attack on a synagogue in Halle, Germany, discussed with AJC Berlin Acting Director Remko Leemhuis; Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz's push for non-aggression treaties with Gulf Arab countries, analyzed with Raphael Ahren from the Times of Israel; and a new book titled "Be Strong and of Good Courage" by David Makovsky and Ambassador Dennis Ross, which profiles the leadership of four Israeli prime ministers, as explained by Makovsky, who is a Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

• At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
• This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
• Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
• But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
• And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.